Cumin and Reduced Time to First Defecation

• The effect of Cuminum cyminum on the return of bowel motility after abdominal surgery: a triple-blind randomized clinical trial.

  • 2024-07-04
  • RCT · n = 74
  • BMC complementary medicine and therapies 24(1)
  • • Esmaeili Abdar Amin
    • Elahabadi Ismail
    • Raeiszadeh Mahboobeh
    • Sadeghi Tabandeh

  • PubMed: 38965524
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12906-024-04530-1

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  • Reduced Time to First Defecation

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  The defecation times in the intervention and control groups were 16.97 ± 5.02 and 26 ± 9.87 h, showing a significant difference between the two groups as indicated by the independent samples T-test (P > 0.001).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  250 mg capsules containing Cuminum cyminum extract at 4 h and 1 h after surgery